Aaah.. Friday! For me that means coffee, and a few tv shows. Since I’m pregnant I don’t allow myself coffee during the week, only Friday-Sunday (which may or may not actually be better for me … probably not). Once the new baby is delivered, I can get back to my normal habits. A friend’s been speaking about the hand roasted coffee delivered to their home, and I have to say it sounds really good. For now, coffee is just a weekend treat alongside some much needed relaxing time. I would usually go to the Y, but today we are being lazy. =/



J.Tom has been deathly ill with a cold and sinus infection. Last night I slept downstairs so I could actually get some rest from the hacking, coughing, and nose blowing. I slept better than I have in WEEKS! I’ve been getting up anywhere from 2-5 times a night to use the bathroom, dang pregnancy bladder. But, much to my surprise I got up only once last night. Would you like to know why?! I slept on a regular mattress!! Our mattress in our room is a very firm memory foam mattress and we love it. After a week of sleeping on it, I vowed to NEVER own a regular mattress again. Never ever… But I discovered something last night- a memory foam mattress gives way under your body, not putting pressure on your growing uterus, full bladder, or aching kidneys, during pregnancy. For about two weeks when I laid on my tummy in our bed, I could feel that firm basketball feeling in my belly. But when I lay on the regular mattress, it’s not there! I also found out from reading this article that not having the right mattress foundation can also cause your mattress to sag and give way under you, so we might need to change our foundation too. Need a comfortable mattress on a budget? Keep needing to use the bathroom in the night? Use a regular mattress!!
So I’m convinced now that the memory foam is why I have been getting up so much at night, because it’s like it pushes back against my bladder… That probably sounds ridiculous! But I promise if you did the experiment I did, unknowingly, you would agree! What’s even funnier is on the forums on babycenter the other night a lady was complaining about her memory foam during pregnancy- and I just couldn’t imagine why it would be different. As the great Bill Nye the Science Guy would say- “Now you know!”


Anyway, back to coffee … Mmm! That’s all I can say. For a while, on days I didn’t have coffee I would feel sick, achy, nauseous and so worn down. I’m pretty sure that would be the caffeine withdraw people talk about. Another silly thing about Fridays, is I allow myself more tv than I do on other days. Lexie and I play a lot more, but since it is winter and we are stuck inside most days, we keep the tv off. She is obsessed with the television when it’s on. I think it’s like the forbidden fruit for a 17month old. But on Fridays, I watch a little bit of Good Morning America, Regis and (I miss Regis) Kelly if it looks any good, and the hot topics part of The View. Then I turn it off-but Im usually busy folding clothes or vacuuming and don’t actually watch it.. I hate the idiot box, really it just provides a little entertainment sometimes. At that point in the morning, if it has warmed up outside, we go out. She naps so much better when she has been out first. It’s like the fresh air triggers sleep! Amazing ..

This morning, Lexie wanted to play with her foam letters while I made breakfast and coffee.. So we got them out and she picked up the number 2 and said “two! two!” I asked JTom “Did you hear that?! She said two!” Then she started identifying a bunch of letters- A, B, C, D, I, J, M, O, P,R, and T! So now she can identify the number 2, count to 8 and sometimes 10, and identify all those letters along with say her ABCs most of the time. BUT, she doesn’t do colors. I thought that was like the first thing most kids picked up? Not Lexie … she will identify blue, but everything else is blue too. haha I guess in her own time. I haven’t pushed anything, she just picks up on it. She’s so funny. I will say, “you’re Mommy’s baby!” and SHE REPLIES “Daddy baby!” over and over. It’s pretty sweet. I didn’t teach her to say that either! She walks around singing her ABCs and counting. She loves to tell you everything she knows, like what everything in the house is. And her favorite activity is cleaning up! Well, maybe not her most favorite thing, but pretty close. She likes to clean up and sings the clean up song while she does it. SHe really likes playing with her tutu and putting on her “hat” which is her crown. Sorry there are so many repeats on the pictures, that’s all we have taken this week!


Lexie is saying two and three-word phrases like crazy! One favorite is “daddy mama!” haha In case you are wondering that is one word. =) She loves pretending with the play silks I made her. Her is a link to play silks and how to dye them in case you are interested. I think I spent about $30 total, and for as many silks as I made, I would have paid well over that for them. They are one of her favorite things.


OK, so I started this post on Friday, and here it is Monday the 20th and I’m just now finishing it. Sorry!


The pregnancy this time around is going well- I’m tired a lot. But it is a different tired than last time, I guess that has something to do with caring for a toddler. =) I feel pretty good, but get queasy some, and feel run down a lot. But it was really the same with my last pregnancy in that regard … I have the same food aversions and cravings, actually. Red meat and sugar. haha Im trying to eat fruits instead of sugary foods- but everything gives me indigestion. EVERYTHING. I did start this morning with oatmeal and 2 scrambled eggs; I’m hoping the eggs help me to feel better though the day. I don’t usually eat eggs, they just gross me out, but they were pretty good this morning. Lexie shared them with me. =) One week from today we get to finally see the baby- We will actually be 13weeks 1day. It should have been this week, but there was a scheduling issue. We haven’t told Lexie about the baby, I don’t think we will until this summer, when my belly is bigger and she can understand better. I also don’t want her to wait5 months for the baby to get here, that seems too long. So those are our updates for the last few days/weeks!


Have a good Monday-
Meg